Living World 2013

In this issue, we present a guest editorial, six Research Papers, fourteen Nature Notes and the annual report of the T&T Rare Bird Committee. We also provide an investigation into the lepidoptera collections of a notable collector and document the life work of Hans Boos. Sadly, we mourn the loss of three outstanding naturalists.

Cover Photograph: Resembling a miniature carnival masquerader, the elegant Sarota gyas (Cramer) is a widely distributed butterfly of the Riodinidae family. This individual was photographed along the Inniss Field Road in south Trinidad by Kris Sookdeo.